Improvement in horse hay-rakes



UNITED STATES FRANCIS ANDREWS, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-RAKES.

. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,254, dated June27, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS ANDREWS, of Galesburg, in the county of Knoxand State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in HorseHay-Rakes, of which the following is a specification: f

The nature of my invention relates to improvements in thatclass ofrevolving rakes known as sulky-rakes, in which the rake is attached byswinging arms to a main frame, which frame is carried on wheels andprovided with a seat for the driver; and the invention consists in thecombination of devices with the rake and main frame for holding the rakefrom revolving, and for releasing and revolving it at the desired time,all as hereinafter fully described.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a vertical cross-section oi' Fig. 1 on the plane of the line x Arepresents a rectangular frame mounted on. the Wheels B B, and carryinga draftpole, C, and drivers seat D. E E are swin gin g-bars, carryingthe rake at their rear ends, and attached to the .front piece oi' theframe A by links and staples,

as shown in the drawing, so that their rear ends may be freelyoscillated in a vertical direction. G is the rake-head, having the usualbearings in the bars E E at their rear ends. II H H H are therake-teeth. I I are slotted bars attached to the top ofthe frame A, asshown. J J are bars with bands surrounding journals on the rakehead G,and theirupper partspassin g through theV slots in the bars I I. Thebars J J are pierced with a series of holes, j j j j, through which apin, J', passesand by which the height of the rakehead G, andconsequently the slope of the teeth H, may be regulated as is requiredin dierent kinds of hay, cornstalks, &c.; or the bars J J may be raisedhigh enough and the pins J inserted to hold the rake entirely free fromthe ground in passing from iield to field, or otherwise. L L are bars,pivoted at their Lipper ends in the slots inthe bars I I, and connectedat their lower ends by a cross-bar, L', on which the feet ot' the drivermay rest, and which he may swing or hold over the rear ends of theraketeeth II to keep them from revolving, and which he may swing backott the teeth when it is desired to revolve the rake and `discharge it.N is a lever, its forward end partly encircling the central portion ofthe rake-head Gr, and carrying a pawl, P, which operates through a slotin the end of the lever N and en gages with teeth no?. when it is desired to revolve the rake by lifting the rear end ot' the lever N. R isa hand-lever, curved as shown in the drawing, and pivoted to the rearside ot' the frame A, its lower end connected, by a chain or cord, i,with the free end of the' lever N. By means of the levers R and N itwill be plainly seen that the driver may revolve the rake at hispleasure. y

I claim as my invention- The combination and arrangement ofthe levers Nand R, pawl P, and cord r, and bars L L Ll with frame A, slotted bars II, sii-'inging bars E E, and carrying-bars J J, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

FRANCIS ANDREWS.

Witnesses:

PLATT R. RICHARDS, ROBERT H. AVERY.

